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2. H. CALYCOSA J. D. Smith in Coulter Bot. Gaz. xii. 132 (1887). 

 Hab. Pansamala, Guatemala : Tilrckheim, 454 ! Hb. Kew. 



3. H. magniloba, sp. nov. Foliis nisi subtus super venam 

 mediam glabratis verticillatis, corolla inter majores lobis pro 

 genere magnis patentibus. 



Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua : Tate, 200 ! Hb. Kew. 



Arbor, ramulis complanatis glabrescentibus, foliis membranaceis 

 ellipticis ca. 15 cm. x 7 cm. brevissime acuminatis apice subacute 

 basi angustatis utrinque glabris nisi subtus super venam mediam et 

 in axillis cum costis secundariis sparsissime puberulis petiolis 3- 

 3"5 cm. longis, cymis brevissime ferrugineo-pubescentibus floribus 

 plerumque pedicellatis, calyce toto 3 mm. tubo subcylindrico vix 

 pubescente limbo minutiusculo dentibus late deltoideis, corollas 

 tubo 2-2 cm. longo sursum leniter ampliato (in ore ad 7 mm. lato) 

 externe pubescente lobis patentibus ovatis acutis 9 mm. longis 

 dorso pubescentibus, staminibus linearibus filamentis membra- 

 naceis complanatis ca. 7 mm. longis antheribus 8 mm., stylo glabro 

 complanato, bacca parvula, seminibus valde complanatis. 



This species is conspicuous for its large corolla-lobes and the 

 approximate equality in length of anthers and filaments. 



4. H. grandiflora Spruce MS. in Hbb. Mus. Brit, et Kew. 

 Foliis glabris verticillatis, floribus magnis calycis et corollae lobis 

 pro rata parvulis, seminibus pro rata magnis pyriformibus. 



Hab. Chimborazo : Spruce, 6193 ! Triana, 1759 ! 



x\rbor, ramulis glaberrimis complanatis vel angulatis, foliis 

 pergamaceis verticillatis ellipticis vel elliptico-oblongis 20-25 cm. 

 X 9-10 cm. breviter acuminatis subacutis basi brevissime angus- 

 tatis vel subrotundatis utrinque glaberrimis nisi subtus super 

 venas minutissime puberulis petiolis 5-9 cm. longis, stipulis 

 lanceolatis obtusis coriaceis plus minus persistentibus 2-4 mm. 

 longis, cymis glabratis terminalibus vel axillaribus in ramulorum 

 furcis multifloris ramosissimis floribus plerumque manifesto pedi- 

 cellatis, calycis tubo 4-5 mm. long, cylindrico valde sulcato glabro 

 limbo 1-5 mm. long, dentibus brevissimis necnon subcarnosis con- 

 caveis subacutis, corollae tubo 2-7 cm. long, sursum ad 1 cm. lat. 

 ampliato glabro basi valde ventricoso lobis latis 2-5 mm. long, 

 ovato-oblongis acutis, staminum linearum antheribus 2-1 cm. long, 

 inclusis connectivo ad apicem in parvam laminam ovatam pro- 

 ducto filamentis 5 mm. long. 4 mm. supra corolla? basin insertis, 

 stylo filiforme 2-8 cm, long, stigmate anguste clavato subcostato, 

 bacca ovato-lanceolata glabra 1 cm. long, x 5'5 mm. lat. disco 

 ca. 2 mm. alto coronata, seminibus '8-1 mm. long, manifesto 

 pyriformibus. 



5. H. cuPR^A Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 320 (18G4). 



Hab. Jamaica : Marsh, 1772 ! Harm, Fl. Jam. 5271 ! 7705 ! 

 9343! 9635! Cuba: Wrifjht, 2664! Hb. Mus. Brit. ; Hb. Kew. 



6. H. VENTRicosA Swartz, Prodr. 46 (1788). H. grandiflora 

 L'Herit. (non Spruce) Sert. Angl. 4 ; H. pauciflora Willd. ex 

 Spreng. Syst. i. 765. 



Hab. Jamaica: Alexander \ Macfadyen\ Distan\ Shakespearl 



